My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 721 Sudden Changes

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the game text, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the soul-searching technique was really useful.

This was given by the big dragon head under the throne of King Taiping when he was in Peking. It originated from the Xingmen vein which had long been dilapidated.

Can search the memories of other people.

If he didn't have the soul-searching technique, it would have been difficult for him to deal with this beast-maker. Now that he knew the whole story, the next things would be much easier.

At least we can't let these Hun Tian thunders explode.

He is also a ghost hunter of Bafang Linglou.

Those ghost hunters who came to hunt down the beast-makers were also his colleagues, so no matter from which perspective, they could not let the beast-makers succeed in their plans.

Moreover, the magical imprints for activating these Hun Tian thunders are only in the hands of two people, which will make handling them much more convenient and quicker.

As long as we get rid of these two people, there will be no worries.

But we can't act now, otherwise it will alert the other person and things will probably become more troublesome.

"What are you going to do with this animal-maker next?"

"Will you choose to let him go for now and look for a suitable opportunity to take action? Or will you choose to kill this animal maker directly, then disguise yourself as him and sneak into the animal maker gathering?"

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo saw the two options given in the game text, he immediately made a decision in his mind.

Disguising yourself and sneaking into the livestock gathering is the best option, as it allows you to cause trouble while also being able to find out more.

See if we can find the person behind the scenes who has the blueprints for casting the Hun Tian Lei.

Jiang Xinghuo was really curious about this person's identity. Who on earth could he be so capable of influencing the text displayed in the game?

Could it be the group of people led by Shanhejishizhenjun?
With this idea in mind, Jiang Xinghuo chose to kill the beast maker and disguised himself as the other party.

"You used soul-searching techniques to forcibly destroy the Beast Maker's consciousness, and controlled the Black and White Impermanence to destroy his soul, and then disguised your appearance to look like the Beast Maker."

"You killed the Beast Maker."

"You gained incense +200."

"Because you searched all of the Beast Maker's memories, people who are familiar with him won't notice the problem in a short period of time. However, if you keep in contact with him for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be flaws, so you don't have much time left."

"You surfaced and returned to Yanziwu. A beast maker was waiting for you on the shore. According to the memories you searched in your mind, this beast maker was the other person who had the authority to activate the Hun Tian Lei."

"It asked you what happened down there, and you answered it briefly, so the other party didn't notice your question."

"You originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of this beast maker, but because there are too many beast makers around, you have no chance to do it. You can only wait for another opportunity."

Jiang Xinghuo was not in a hurry. There was still time and the ghost hunters had not arrived yet. He just had to find a way to get rid of this beast maker before that.

"During the conversation, you tried to find out the identity of the mastermind, but you didn't get any useful information."

"Because the whole time it was the beast-maker you killed who was in contact with the person behind the scenes. All I know is that he is a very respectable person, and many people in the secular world admire him very much."

Tsk, the scope of people with respectable identities seems to have narrowed a bit, but in fact it is of no use. There are too many people with respectable identities, the leaders of major religious sects, all kinds of monsters and demons in the secular world, and the mountain gods and river gods left over from the previous dynasties, all of them are famous and respectable.

The whole afternoon passed like this, and in the evening, Jiang Xinghuo finally triggered the right opportunity.

"As night fell, although Yanziwu was brightly lit, there were endless sounds of ghosts crying and wailing under the Songjiang River. I could vaguely see many wronged water ghosts wandering around underwater, making bursts of sad sounds."

"You pretended to invite that beast-maker to the water's edge, saying that you wanted to go in and check it out, to prevent the magical marks on the thunder from being accidentally destroyed by the wronged souls and evil spirits underwater, and let it help you on the shore."

"The beast maker readily agreed and came to the river bank under the cover of night. Do you want to take action in the dead of night when no one is around?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation. If he was going to do it, he shouldn't hesitate, otherwise it would only cause more trouble in the end.

"You used the soul-searching technique."

"That beast maker was completely defenseless and fell into your hands very easily. Under the power of the soul-searching technique, he had no ability to resist and his memories were plundered by you. In the end, he also died without a complete body."

"You have killed the beast-maker."

"You gained incense +200."

"You also obtained some methods of Dan Ding Mai from the memories of this animal maker, but they are all techniques for refining external elixirs, especially Dan Ding Mai's Thunder Fire Bullet, which can be regarded as the best among firearms, even stronger than the Thunderbolt Bullet of Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall. However, it is laborious and time-consuming to make, and it also consumes a lot of silver money, so it doesn't have many on it, only a few."

"You have obtained Dan Ding Thunder Fire Bomb +3."

"Dan Ding Thunder Fire Bomb (consumable item), a method of self-defense and enemy treatment developed by the Dan Ding Cultivation ...

Jiang Xinghuo put the three thunder and fire bombs into the magic bag, then opened the skill panel, found the Kirin Clone Technique, and clicked to use it.

"Qilin Clone Technique (Rare), one of the eight hundred Qilin techniques in the secular world. It can split itself into thousands of forms, and the strength of each clone is exactly the same, and will not be weakened by the increase in the number of clones."

This was a Qilin technique that he obtained from the Qilin boy after he saved him.

He had never used it until now, but now it came in handy.

He killed the two animal-makers. In order not to alert other animal-makers, he had to disguise himself well, and the Qilin Clone Technique was just right for it.

"You used the Qilin clone technique to disguise yourself as the beast-maker, and then went into the water to collect all the thunderbolts into your magic bag. Except for you, no one knew that you had dismantled all the thunderbolts under Yanziwu."

Afterwards, the game's plot fell into a brief lull.

This went on for two days.

Jiang Xinghuo was controlling his character to wander around Yanziwu in boredom, when suddenly new game text popped up on the screen.

"You have received a call from other beast-makers."

"The ghost hunters from the Eight Directions Spirit Tower broke into Yanziwu and started a frenzied massacre of the beast-makers here. They asked you to quickly go over and activate the underwater thunder to blow up those damn ghost hunters."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Will you choose to use the identity of the beast-maker to activate the underwater thunder and sink all the ghost hunters and Yanziwu together? Or will you pretend that you didn't hear the calls of the beast-makers and let them be slaughtered by the ghost hunters?"

"Of course, you can also choose to block the retreat routes prepared by the beast-makers in advance and blow them up together with the ghost hunters. In this way, you will also gain a lot of incense." "Note that if you choose to blow up these ghost hunters here, you will lose your status as a ghost hunter in Bafang Linglou, and you will be blacklisted by Bafang Linglou and become the target of all ghost hunters."

Jiang Xinghuo thought that this wouldn't work. There were still many clues to the missions in the Bafang Linglou. If he lost his identity as a ghost hunter, he would never be able to enter again. This mission was not worth it.

"You chose to pretend that you didn't hear the beast-makers' calls for help, and let them be hunted down by these ghost hunters. You also blocked the beast-makers' escape routes. They couldn't break through your lines at all, and could only wait to die there."

"But at this moment, you suddenly felt a wave of water, and a powerful force suddenly erupted from underwater. The terrifying impact instantly engulfed you, and your body was torn into pieces of flesh and blood."

"You are dead."

what's the situation?
Jiang Xinghuo was a little confused. He had already dismantled the Hun Tian Lei, so how could there be a big explosion?
"Do you want to activate the effect of the scapegoat?"

Jiang Xinghuo activated the scapegoat without thinking too much and came back to life in Yanziwu.

"You escaped the disaster by using a scapegoat, but the scene before you still makes you feel terrified. You can see that Yanziwu has been bombed and sunk for the most part. The shattered island is littered with corpses, including the corpses of animal makers, ghost hunters, and many other monsters. But there is no one alive. Except for you, the entire Yanziwu has fallen into a dead silence."

"At this time, you noticed a figure appearing in the night sky in the distance, holding a green lantern in his hand. He soon arrived on the island. Where the light was shining, there were ghosts with dull expressions floating among the broken and dilapidated corpses on the ground."

"You have triggered the talent of Tathagata."

"You wanted to spy on that figure through Tathagata's vision, but you felt a sharp pain in your right eye. Your pupil actually shattered, and blood flowed out from the corner of your eye."

"Your Tathagata-garbha has spied on the taboos of the secular world and has been severely damaged. You need to rest for a while before you can use it."

As the text message flashed in the game, Jiang Xinghuo also felt a sharp pain in his right eye in reality. Tears flowed out uncontrollably, and it took him a long time to barely open his eyes.

"what happened?"

Jiang Xinghuo immediately picked up the mirror next to him and looked carefully at his right eye. He saw cracks appearing deep in the dark brown pupil. It looked like broken glass, but it did not affect his normal vision.

Only the Tathagatagarbha cannot be used. Once you try to activate it, an unbearable pain will arise in the right eye.

"Tathagatagarbha... was destroyed?"

Jiang Xinghuo was shocked, but for some reason, at the same time as being shocked, he also felt a sense of relief that he himself could not detect.

He himself couldn't explain why he was so happy.

Maybe it was the luck of surviving the disaster.

It could also be a knot in your heart.

The fortune teller that Jiang Xinghuo met at the beginning said that there was something fishy about Tathagatagarbha. Jiang Xinghuo always kept this matter in his heart, but he could not get rid of his dependence on Tathagatagarbha.

Now that Tathagatagarbha has suffered a severe blow and may even be completely destroyed, a wave of emotion arises in his heart.

It was not that I gave up the Tathagatagarbha on my own initiative, but that I was forced to abandon it due to irresistible external forces.

In other words, perhaps it is just deceiving oneself.

He clicked on the screen to continue scrolling down the text, wanting to know the identity of the man holding the lantern. Could he be the mastermind behind the scenes?

I have clearly taken away all the Hun Tian Lei.

But Yanziwu still could not escape the fate of being bombed.

Even the ghost hunters and animal makers on the island turned into broken corpses.

"You watched as that figure, along with many dead souls, gradually disappeared above the water. You wanted to go over and see what was going on, but as soon as you took a step, you felt a blur in front of your eyes, and a field of flaming red flowers of the other shore came into view."

"You actually came to the Yellow Spring Road in the underworld."

"According to ancient legend, the underworld is eight hundred miles long and is covered with fiery red flowers. With just one step, you can transcend life and death and come from the world of the living to the underworld."

"You are dead."

"You were taken to the underworld by the unspeakable taboos in the secular world, and once again faced the end of death."

"However, this time you did not fail to discover something, and you had some vague guesses about the identity of the lantern bearer."

"After all, there aren't many people who have the ability to travel between the Yin and Yang worlds and control so many dead souls at the same time. Ordinary ghost soldiers and ghost messengers definitely don't have this ability."

Who could that be?

Jiang Xinghuo fell into deep thought.

Tubo?

Unknown ghost king?

Or are they the unknown monsters in the underworld?

After some thought, Jiang Xinghuo still couldn't come up with any clue. He could only keep this matter in mind, perhaps he would know the secret in the future.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo found a scapegoat, clicked to use it, and returned to the world of the living from the underworld.

"You used a scapegoat."

"You once again returned to the broken Yanziwu, but you found that a boat had appeared at the riverside ferry, and several sturdy figures were walking towards you."

"When these people came closer, you realized that they were not others, but the Five Rats from Jiangnan Xiankong Island. Among them, the Sky-Drilling Rat and the Golden-Haired Rat were old acquaintances of yours, and they were also surprised to see you."

"The seven heroes and five righteous men are the righteous men of the world, and their chivalrous spirits are passed down through generations."

"You have discovered the Five Rats of Jiangnan Xiankong Island."

"Xiankong Island and Yanziwu are adjacent to each other. There was such a big commotion here, it was impossible for them not to hear it, so they drove the boat over here to see what happened. Unexpectedly, they ran into you."

"The Five Rats cordially invite you to visit Xiankong Island. Do you want to leave Yanziwu with them?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided there was no reason to hesitate. He was going there anyway, just a little earlier.

(End of this chapter)